Sale reports / Colorado / Winter - La Junta / 2022-01-14

Winter - La Junta

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Fri, Jan 14
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1896
Slaughter Cattle receipts
322 head
44 vs last sale 278 322 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
1,197 head
966 vs last sale 2,163 1,197 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special bred cow and pair sale.

Demand moderate to good for bred heifers, replacement stock cows and cow-calf pairs. Bred heifers and stock cows aged, blood tested and pregnancy checked prior to the sale. prices per head.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,81294.921,7207thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46567.5098939
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19962.26746115
CowsLean 85-90%Average98351.1450234

Every lot, as filed

31 lots · USDA AMS · Winter Livestock Stock Cow and Pair Special - La Junta, CO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 11,0001,410.00/cwt1,410.00–1,410.0014,1005
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,368878.93/cwt825.00–900.0012,02434
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,5501,460.00/cwt1,460.00–1,460.0022,6304
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0951,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0011,77132
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4251,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0017,1005
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy1,1061,517.27/cwt1,510.00–1,550.0016,78163
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4091,190.46/cwt1,125.00–1,250.0016,77431
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3151,423.74/cwt1,310.00–1,475.0018,72270
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,345871.98/cwt800.00–900.0011,728110
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,113688.06/cwt675.00–710.007,65847
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3761,102.85/cwt1,025.00–1,125.0015,17540
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2581,239.39/cwt1,235.00–1,250.0015,59233
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,322935.20/cwt910.00–950.0012,36320
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,440923.07/cwt885.00–975.0013,29252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1441,531.14/cwt1,475.00–1,550.0017,51671
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2801,341.00/cwt1,310.00–1,400.0017,16530
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0311,382.46/cwt1,310.00–1,475.0014,253113
Bulls1,905100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,9051
Bulls1,79794.07/cwt92.00–95.001,6906
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,00053.18/cwt51.00–55.005322
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,19262.75/cwt62.00–64.0074840
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,16354.81/cwt52.00–58.006372
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,41566.72/cwt61.00–69.5094421
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47365.04/cwt63.00–68.009589
CowsLean 85-90%96154.35/cwt50.00–59.0052215
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,81073.00/cwt73.00–73.001,3211
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,54471.61/cwt71.00–72.001,1068
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed96748.00/cwt48.00–48.0046413
CowsLean 85-90%1,10548.26/cwt47.00–49.005334
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20662.72/cwt60.00–66.5075668
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16655.11/cwt50.00–60.006435

How this sale compares

Colorado weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Colorado auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.